Gold

/[ɡɔlt]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,083

in German word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Gold is aGermannoun. It means: gelbes, glänzendes, leicht verformbares Metall; das chemische Element mit der Ordnungszahl 79 Pronounced [ɡɔlt]. It ranks #1,083 in German word frequency. Often confused with Gott and Grad.

Key facts for Gold
PropertyValue
HeadwordGold
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡɔlt]
Letters4
Frequency rank#1,083
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Gold in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Gold is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɡɔlt]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,083 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for Gold, with forms such as "ggold", "glod", and "godl". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Gott", "Grad", "Golf", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Gold, spelled G-O-L-D, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    gelbes, glänzendes, leicht verformbares Metall; das chemische Element mit der Ordnungszahl 79
  2. 2
    (metallisch) glänzende, gelbe Farbe
  3. 3
    Münze aus Gold
  4. 4
    aus Gold bestehender Gegenstand
  5. 5
    etwas, das für jemanden von besonderem Wert ist
  6. 6
    goldfarbene Medaille

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ggold,glod,godl,goldd,golld,ogld

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Gold

Misspelling Variants of "Gold"

ggold5glod4godl4goldd5golld5ogld4
Misspelling Variants of "Gold"

Frequency rank: #1,083 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Gold"?
"Gold" is spelled G-O-L-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡɔlt].
What does "Gold" mean?
As a noun, "Gold" means: gelbes, glänzendes, leicht verformbares Metall; das chemische Element mit der Ordnungszahl 79
What words are commonly confused with "Gold"?
"Gold" is commonly confused with "Gott", "Grad", "Golf". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Gold"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gold" is [ɡɔlt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gold" come from?
"Gold" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.